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Timberline Public Park

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charcharbinks
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Any word on when the park is supposed to move up to Palmer? How is the park now?
Jul 29 2013 7:58PM
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Fluttershy
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idk when its moving, but you cant ski from the public park to the lift anymore. you have to hike the park or walk ~1/4 mile back to the lift. theres 1 jump and 8 rails/boxes i think
Jul 29 2013 8:07PM
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bakerpunk
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how long is the public park open?
Jul 29 2013 8:40PM
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charcharbinks
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Summer season usually ends in early September
Jul 29 2013 9:22PM
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Plankton
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haven't been in a few weeks, guessing the mile is far from being lapable? we were hiking like 3 minutes last time i was there
Jul 29 2013 9:27PM
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Willard
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Have to wait until High Cascade is done
Jul 29 2013 9:31PM
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GreenHorn
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its pretty shitty right now. one small jump and about 6-8 rails. word on the street is that they might not even move it up to palmer this year.
Jul 29 2013 9:39PM
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stupendous-man
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Yeah I heard it's possible they wont even move it up this year. If they do, its usually early August when HCSC ends. For now, its a looong walk to the bottom, you're best to just hike it.

it would be cool to just buy a park pass or something for $15 (proceeds go to the park crew for maintenance) and hike up there from the lodge, because its not really worth a $60 day pass for a couple lift rides.
Jul 29 2013 11:24PM
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charcharbinks
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That would be fucked up
Jul 30 2013 12:09AM
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Kreech
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Why can't people just hike up to the park without taking the lift now?
Jul 30 2013 3:39AM
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infedel_one
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you definitley can. best to take the back road and not hike right up the snow though or else theyll make you buy a ticket.
Jul 30 2013 5:42PM
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stupendous-man
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Basically, sometimes park crew will check for tickets if you're hiking.
Jul 30 2013 6:11PM
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Kreech
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Do they kick you out if you don't have one?
Jul 30 2013 7:39PM
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SEABURN
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I haven't skied since early June, was there this past weekend, worth it.

I was happy to pay for the ticket, they build and maintain a park to ski in JULY.
"read that last sentence again you spoiled honkey's"

Plus if you go to the top of palmer and fuck around with the pole-jams on the side of the pub lane, jump the mid-mtn cat track, and hop over rocks and stuff, you've had some fun turns by the time you're at the pub park. Then I'd a hit a few rails, hike the jump a few times and go do butters on the bumps on the way back to the lift-trail. then comes the horrible 5 MINUTES OF HIKING everybody seems to be bitching about. Good skiing involves hiking, duh.Then when the day is all done, go build a feature somewhere so your day is extended from 2:00 to 6pm or later. My thoughts coming off the hill were, "fuck, that was aweome" ... not "I spent $60 for that?"
Jul 31 2013 12:43PM
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Kreech
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Holy shit reading that just got me so stoked. I'll be there monday through wednesday next week and I could not be more excited.
Jul 31 2013 12:59PM
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downhillkilla
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You sir, have hit it spot on.

The move to HCSC lane in middle of August all depends on how much snow we have to access the area. There is no real point in building a public park in that zone if you can't lap it. The handle tows get taken down, and if you can not get out the bottom of the park back to Palmer there is no real point. We will look into in the coming weeks but we take it day by day. Be sure to check the Timberline Freestyle page for updates and real time info on the park. http://www.facebook.com/timberlinefreestyle
Jul 31 2013 3:44PM
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stupendous-man
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If thats the case then I would completely agree with you, I had heard recently of "20 minute hike" and "1 jumps and 3 rails", which just doesn't sound true. Park was POPPIN earlier this month though, probably not quite the same anymore but still good when you look at the big picture.
Jul 31 2013 6:31PM
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Queen_Selassie
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haha theres no way its still a 5 minute hike. i was there in early july riding public and the hike to mile took atleast 10 minutes. a 20 minute hike sounds way more accurate.
Aug 1 2013 3:48PM
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*ninja*
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i wish i cud go to hood.
Aug 1 2013 3:58PM
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Kreech
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Can anyone who's been to hood in the past few days give an update on the current condition of the public park?
Aug 1 2013 4:11PM
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GreenHorn
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About the same as I stated before. I'd say 6 rails and one tiny jump.
Aug 2 2013 12:44AM
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forrest-cole
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12 hour drive and i'm chilling in boise, should get to timberline by 1 tomorrow. So fucking stoked to take some laps!
Aug 2 2013 1:23AM
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downhillkilla
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Park is going to get good around the 13th. Things are looking "UP"!
Aug 2 2013 6:11PM
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eheath
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Damn thats great news
Aug 2 2013 6:12PM
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cydwhit
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So, what if I go up the 11th? Is it going to be awful?
Aug 2 2013 7:05PM
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Kreech
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I thought they weren't moving it up to palmer at all this year...
Aug 3 2013 1:38PM
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dizzydizzy
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please tell me this means lappable jump line on palmer, or i will break your legs
Aug 3 2013 2:19PM
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eheath
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Im guessing he means moving public to the high cascade lane which means yes lapable park including jumps. probably wont be huge but it'll probably be fun
Aug 3 2013 7:33PM
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dizzydizzy
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i can dig it, that's what i was hoping for since last august was so sick, i just remember some serious pessimism from the park crew (or someone equivalently legit) in an older thread that suggested skiing out of the high cascade lane would be a no-go by the time august rolled around. fingers crossed t-line keeps the dream alive into labor day though
Aug 3 2013 10:39PM
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downhillkilla
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Yeah that was me. Around a month ago we were loosing about 15 inch a day and I thought that by next week we would have very little snow left. Its looking like we have some snow left so we are going to make the push to put a park in HCSC lane. It wont be some huge park but it will be lap able. And that's the goal. If it makes it till Labor day is going to be the next challenge.
Aug 3 2013 11:16PM
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cydwhit
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Sweet, will there be anything left down low on the eleventh?
Aug 4 2013 12:26AM
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Kreech
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Any idea what day the park will be moving up?
Aug 4 2013 1:11AM
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charcharbinks
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I was just there for the past three days and it was awesome! Public park is fun and the Windells park was awesome as usual! And the hike is really only 5-10 minutes to the Mile unless your a bitch. Can't wait for the park to move up. Timberline Park Crew is killin it this summer!
Aug 4 2013 4:07AM
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Ian.D
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Any word on the park this upcoming weekend? Are they moving it up to palmer or not?
Aug 13 2013 12:54AM
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Kreech
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I'm wondering as well.
Aug 13 2013 1:27AM
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Nate.Dog
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The new upper park might be finished by Tuesday afternoon, but it will definitely be open by Wednesday. This is from the mighty park crew themselves.
Aug 13 2013 1:58AM
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dizzydizzy
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YES, please keep us posted on whats there for features, I'm heading down from Seattle this weekend and I'm already getting stoked. fingers crossed for enough snow left for a decent lappable jump line
Aug 13 2013 1:57PM
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Nate.Dog
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1 small-medium jump and 4-5 rail features, and more is on the way (my guess is another jump and a couple rails) Park crew will be steadily adding/upkeeping as long as the snow lets them.
Aug 13 2013 11:51PM
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Ian.D
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Upper park meaning palmer?
Aug 14 2013 2:12AM
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eheath
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yeah where high cascade use to be on the skiers right of the chair? i may be wrong
Aug 14 2013 2:18AM
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dizzydizzy
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ahh, that would be interesting...last summer it was skiers left of palmer where high cascades other park was (the one with the wall ride, crazy jibs, etc)
Aug 14 2013 5:09PM
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eheath
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You're probably right then, I haven't been to tline when they had a park on palmer since like 2007.
Aug 14 2013 5:23PM
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SHampson
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Big Question: Is the park lappable?
Aug 14 2013 8:48PM
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Kreech
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Yes.
Aug 14 2013 8:56PM
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dizzydizzy
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yezzir, heading down saturday morning. how many jumps we lookin at?
Aug 15 2013 3:00PM
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charcharbinks
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Heading up tomorrow, how's it lookin?
Aug 15 2013 8:31PM
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dizzydizzy
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Heading down tomorrow morning, how was it today?
Aug 16 2013 4:18PM
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charcharbinks
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1 jump, 1 hip and 5 or 6 rails. It's super fun!
Aug 16 2013 10:06PM
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Kreech
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1 ~20 ft jump, 1 hip feature, 1 quarter pipe, 1 flat box, 2 down rails, 2 donkey dick down rails. I had a great time, and I definitely wish I could have skied for longer (I only skied wednesday and thursday)
Aug 16 2013 10:08PM
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stupendous-man
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Hopefully gonna get a day in soon!
Aug 19 2013 2:40PM
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dizzydizzy
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definitely would recommend it, i was there all weekend and the park was SO FUN. the mondo sized hip can be taken straight over if you straight run from the first jump giving you a ~35 ft super poppy awesome true table. plus the shwacky natural QP on the side of the rails, and butter pad at the bottom are sweet. just overall great flow for slushy hot laps, BIG UPS T-LINE PARK CREW!!!
Aug 19 2013 4:16PM
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